Li's visit deepens ties with Europe

China has declared 2014 "the year of Europe" and its top leaders are making every effort to deepen relations with the European Union and its member states. Two months ago President Xi Jinping paid a historic visit to EU headquarters in Brussels after visits to the Netherlands, France and Germany. Premier Li Keqiang visited the United Kingdom and Greece last week as a further demonstration of China's interest in deepening relations with Europe.

US, not China, key to Peninsula issue

A Republic of Korea solider went on a shooting spree in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at a time when Seoul is lamenting the nearly seven-decade division of the Korean Peninsula. Making things worse, some Western media outlets have reported that China is against the Korean reunification. This, among other things, has raised Seoul's concerns ahead of the visit of President Xi Jinping to the ROK.

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Time Japan learned from history

From the Chinese press

Fraud exposes loophole in gaokao

Roughshod over China's rights

US' willingness to breach international laws and norms has emboldened Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines to do likewise

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Goodbye to guanxi in the job market

Tang Jun, a famous professional manager in China wrote part of an open letter to 7 million college graduates this year, saying that no matter whether for work or in life, people can't do without relationships, or guanxi, in China, which means one's social networks are of the upmost importance for one's personal development. So for students, using the referral from social acquaintances can be a good way to get a job because such guanxi is a person's unique resource.

Dog meat not the question

TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT DOG MEAT IS NOT the question. The question is the lack of respect each side gives the other when it comes to the dispute between those who have developed the habit of eating dog meat and those who consider the habit as cruel and inhuman.

Inclusive political dialogue needed

In less than two weeks, armed rebels led by an al-Qaida splinter group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, have taken over a large part of northern Iraq.

Pressures of forex excess

China's enormous foreign exchange reserves are directly related to the fact that the yuan is not yet used as an international currency

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London has the edge as renminbi hub

Top bankers and policymakers who met in London earlier this week at the UK-China Financial Forum are highly likely to have reflected on how far the city had come as a main offshore trading hub for the renminbi, supporting a rapidly growing number of British and other European companies trading with China.